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On June 3, 2024, U.S. Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Mike Lee (R-UT), and JD Vance (R-OH) addressed a letter to Google LLC Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai. The letter highlighted several instances where the Gemini artificial intelligence model allegedly produced outputs that ignored publicly available information and historical facts in favor of what the senators described as "woke ideology."

The senators requested transparency from Google regarding the development and current utilization of Gemini, as well as measures being taken to prevent political bias within the AI system.

"Between climate alarmism, wokeism, and draconian COVID lockdowns, we have seen coastal elites try and weaponize information and technology to destroy the Wyoming way of life," said Lummis. "Artificial intelligence is a transformative technology with incredibly positive potential for our country, but I am gravely concerned Google’s Gemini is being cultivated to tilt the political scales and rewrite history. It is imperative that Gemini, and other powerful systems like it, are developed as tools for human advancement and not for ideological influence and control."

Lee added his concerns about the use of AI for political purposes: "The use of major search engines and AI to manipulate public opinion or spread blatantly inaccurate historical information for political purposes is deeply concerning. I am very interested in whether Google’s leadership will publicly disavow these practices and reassure the American people of their transparency."

Gemini was introduced by Google in February 2024. Since its rollout, there have been reports indicating issues with its outputs. Additionally, publishers are reportedly being paid to release multiple articles daily using Gemini despite documented inaccuracies.

For more details on this issue, click here to read the full letter.